Acton, Harold. Peonies And Ponies : Signed By The Author. Chatto and Windus, London, 1941.

Price: US$894.22 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The First UK printing published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1941. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Light pushing and fading at the extreme spine tips. Some mild dulling to the gilt titling to the spine. Some very slight toning and spotting to the text-block. Mild offsetting to the front blank end-papers. The crimson top-stain is still very bright. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Light edge-wear at the spine tips. Some toning to the flaps and folds. A little age related markings in places. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been inscribed and signed by the author to the front blank end-paper : 'To Herbert Van Thal, one of the very few who are kind about my writing, most gratefully, from , Harold Acton'. The recipient Herbert Van Thal, was a British bookseller, publisher, agent, biographer, and anthologist. A scarce copy with such attributes. Collectible. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom

ACTON, Harold.. Peonies and Ponies - A Novel.. Chatto & Windus, London., 1941.

Price: US$964.99 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo. pp viii, 310. A novel set in Peking.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the title-page: ''for Neil Ritchie, many years after! with warm regards, Harold Acton''. The recipient is Acton's bibliographer and editor of Oxford, China and Italy: Writings in Honour of Sir Harold Acton on His Eightieth Birthday (1985). He is also the bibliographer of Sacheverell Sitwell.Free endpapers a bit tanned. Very good in very good dustwrapper a bit darkened at the spine and edges.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom